Ten years ago in May 2014, the Vodafone store in Bury Street opened. But this May Bank Holiday Monday the store looked closed.
A notice says ‘Hello Abingdon. Sorry, we’ve now closed. You can find your nearest store at vodafone.co.uk’.
The churches of St Nicolas and Our Lady and St Edmunds both stand at junctions where they are a focus. The tower of St Nicolas can be seen looking along Stert Street
or back along High Street.
St Edmunds is a focus going up the Vineyard.
They were more dramatic this evening with the low evening sun on them and with a grey backdrop of clouds behind.
Grow Your Own is the Abingdon Green Forum focus for quarter 2 of 2024, from April to June. This is the best time of year to get started with growing herbs and vegetables. A stall on the Market place had free veg seedlings. There will be another stall in two weeks time where people can swap plants.
Volunteers were planting the containers and raised beds at the Edible Abingdon Garden at Old Station House today where there was an open day. Volunteers will maintain the plants over the summer.
Many of the residents from Old Station House were enjoying the sunshine and some cakes and tea, while staff showed visitors round parts of Old Station House.
The Edible Abingdon display shows how much can be grown in containers and small gardens and even balconies. They included:
Herbs: Parsley, Chives, Melissa (Lemon Balm), Bay, Lovage, Mint
Vegetables: Mangetout, Beans, Sorrel, Swiss Chard
Fruits: Rhubarb, Currant bushes
Edible Flowers: Marigolds, Pansies, Nasturtiums
After recent floods, the Ock Valley Walk became muddy and uneven. But Abingdon Town Council are on the case. They are using up to £21,000 from the Community Infrastructure Levy (developer funding) to improve the path. They began digging out and levelling the worn path and installing wood edging, staked down at intervals.
The self-binding sand has been unloaded at the far end of the path, which is looked after by the Vale of the White Horse District Council, and a dumper has been brought in to carry the loads. Workpeople are using a tamping machine to level and compact the sand between the wood edging.
After being left to dry and settle, there is a first-class track.